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Reflux and formula issues

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Patchbeary wrote:

Hi ladies! My 30 weeker is 2 1/2 months, 2 weeks adjusted. She came home on Enfamil Enfacare a month ago. In the NICU, we were told she had a "touch of reflux" but wasn't diagnosed. She was on my milk for the first 6 weeks before going to the Enfacare.

As soon as she came home, it was like a switch flipped. Suddenly, she was spitting up after every feeding, arching her back, constipated (would go 3 to 4 days without a poop), and screamed out in pain during and after she ate.

Her pediatrician put her on Zantac, and it didn't help, so a week later she out her on prevacid. She's still on it it's been around 10 days) and she pretty much just spits it up each time.

We switched to the ready to feed Enfacare, and when that didn't help along with the prevacid not seeming to help, she switched her formula to Similac Alimentum on Monday. Well, she's pooping much more often (almost every feed!), but she still seems like she's in pain and still spits up quite a bit. And, she gets hungrier way faster. We are feeding her every 2 1/2 to 3 hours and she gulps it down and acts like she's still starving!

We have another appointment next week, but I wanted to get your advice. Have any of you dealt with this? Which formula seemed to do the trick? I know all babies are different of course, but I wanted to see if I could get some stories or advice so I can be as prepared as possible for our appointment. I'm worried that the ped is gonna put her on that crazy expensive prescription formula and that there may be a better route that we can take before trying that. I just don't want to see my poor girl in pain anymore. It is breaking my heart!

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